Experiment 1

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Stories in Stone Salt Crystals

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Materials: 2 cups (one full of salt, the other of water), spoon, tape, plastic plate, stick
1. Add water to the salt and stir with the stick
2. Tape the spoon to the plate.
3. Pour a little of the solution into the spoon from the cup.
4. Let out to evaporate.
5. When evaporated, examine. Notice the structure of the crystal. If it is square then the solutin was undisturbed.

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Salt crystals.

Experiment 2

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Stories in Stone Rock Cycle

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Type	Name	Observations
1. Mineral	Quartz	Smooth, glassy, glittering luster
2. Mineral	?	Flat cleavage, smooth, glassy luster,
3. Mineral	Mica	Flat cleavage, smooth, flakes easily
4. Rock	Rhyolite	Tiny holes, smooth texture
5. Rock	Granite	Rough texture, tiny crystals, mixture of minerals
6. Rock	Obsidian	Smooth, glassy luster, black, hard, sharp
7. Mineral	Pumice	Light, seems to be hollow, white/grayish streak,
8. Rock	?	Mixture of minerals, bumpy
9. Rock	?	Looks like oatmeal, bumpy, seems to be made of seashells
10. Rock	?	Sandy texture, dull tan color
11.Rock	Sandstone	Sandy texture, rough
12.Mineral	Kaolin	Rough texture, grayish color, white/grayish streak
13.Rock	?	Tiny crystals, no luster, dull
14.Mineral	Marble	White crystals, clear, bumpy texture
15. Rock	?	Grey color
16. Rock	?	Smooth

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Experiment 3

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Stories in Stone How do Igneous Rocks Form

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Crystal Formation at Room Temperature

Procedure
1.Place a very small amount (less than 1/8 teaspoon ) of salol on a metal spoon.

2.Melt the salol by holding the spoon more than an inch (3cm)above the flame.

3.Remove the spoon from the flame.

4.Add a few grains of salol as "seed crystals."

5,Prop up the handle so the spoon stays level.

6.Look at the crystals with a magnifying lens,and draw what you see.

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Crystal Formation at Low Temperature

Procedure
7. Remelt the crystals in one of the spoons.

8. Rest the bowl of the spoon on an ice cube.

9. Draw the shape of the crystals when the salol cooled
at a low temperature. Use the magnifier to closely examine the crystals.

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Stories In Stone: How do Sedimentary Rocks Form

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Materials: Tap Water, Sand, Clay, Silt, Cup, Stick
Observations

Sand	Roughest textures. mixture of minerals
Silt	Finner than Sand, small
Clay	Fine texture, sticks to everything, powdery

1. Pour the water into the cup.
2. Add the sand, silt, and clay to the water.
3. Mix with the stick.

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